Meaning

1 senses
  1. A furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.

Origin

From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + work.

From try (“to extract oil from whale blubber”) + work.

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Forms

plural: tryworks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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